Convertible carton
AssigneeImmco Industries, Inc.
InventorHans Danheisser
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Abstract
A carton capable of storing and shipping goods in a tightly-packed orderly array, the carton being convertible into an open bin of larger volume in which the goods are in disarray to provide a jumble display conducive to sales. The carton is formed with a rectangular open shell and a drop-out base which in the storage mode is flat, whereby the carton then has a uniform depth, the base in the jumble mode assuming a trough-like configuration whereby the resultant bin then rests on one wall of the V-shaped trough and the shell is inclined to provide ready access to the bin.
Claims11
A convertible carton which is capable in a storage mode of containing a multiplicity of like items in an orderly array and when converted to assume an open-bin form in a jumble mode to display these items in disarray, the carton comprising:
- A. a rectangular shell having front, rear and side walls;
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- B. a drop-out base secured to said shell, said base in the storage mode being flat to provide a carton of uniform depth and having a predetermined interior volume sufficient to accommodate said items in an orderly array, said base in the jumble mode having a V-shaped trough-like configuration serving to enlarge the interior volume of said carton, whereby the arrayed items then drop into the trough-like base and assume random positions therein to create said disarray.
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